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1.	1937 Bomber		Bombers; Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Sometimes called the Super Fortress, this Titan of the air had a wing spread 45 feet greater than the Y1B-17. The XB-15 weighed 13 tons more, was 20 feet longer and three feet higher. Because of its extreme weight (35 tons) the XB-15 was equipped with double-truck landing gear having four huge tires. This airplane was so big each of the four 1000 twin-row Pratt & Whitney engines would be reached during flight by mechanics who crawled to the engines through the great wings. The most modern devices for the aid of flight and navigation were incorporated; full radio equipment, automatic pilot, de-icers for the wings and wing-flaps to reduce the landing speed. (wing span 150 ft.; length about 90ft."

2.	2 Flyers Missing in Austrialian Hop	1929-05-20	Aircraft accidents; Air pilots;	Text from back of image: "The waters of Timor Sea or the wild uninhabited shores of Northwestern Australia, on May 20th, cloaked the whereabouts of two English aviators, Flight Lieutenant J. Moir and flying officer H. Owen. The two flyers left Bima, Sumbawa, Dutch East Indies, May 18th, for Fort Darwin, and were not reported from afterward. A searching plane covering four hundred miles of the Australian coast failed to locate them. They took off from England March 18th. (Photo shows Flight Lieutenant J. Moir and flying officer H. Owen, reported missing on Australian hop.)"

3.	200,000 Watch Gordon Bennett Balloon Races		Balloons (Aircraft); Balloon racing;	Text from back of image: "Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races. The City of Detroit was the first to take off. Pilots flying the foreign entries said they expected the race to follow a general northeasterly direction and end in the province of Ontario or in Labrador. They expected to travel between 600 and 800 miles and remain the air until Wednesday." Photo #6 - Shows crowd at Cleveland Airport watching Gordon-Bennett Balloon entries today.

4.	200,000 Watch Gordon Bennett Balloon Races	1930-09-01	Balloons (Aircraft); Balloon racing;	Text from back of image: "Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races. The City of Detroit was the first to take off. Pilots flying the foreign entries said they expected the race to follow a general northeasterly direction and end in the province of Ontario or in Labrador. They expected to travel between 600 and 800 miles and remain the air until Wednesday." Photo #1 - shows the Gordon Bennett balloon entries just before takeoff today at Cleveland

5.	200,000 Watch Gordon Bennett Balloon Races	1930-09-01	Balloons (Aircraft); Balloon racing;	Text from back of image: "Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races. The City of Detroit was the first to take off. Pilots flying the foreign entries said they expected the race to follow a general northeasterly direction and end in the province of Ontario or in Labrador. They expected to travel between 600 and 800 miles and remain the air until Wednesday." Photo #3 - Shows Ed. Hill, pilot, at left, and Arthur G. Schlosser, aide, of the city of Detroit, just before takeoff. According to latest press dispatches they are in the lead.

6.	200,000 Watch Gordon Bennett Balloon Races	1930-09-01	Balloons (Aircraft); Balloon racing;	Text from back of image: "Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races. The City of Detroit was the first to take off. Pilots flying the foreign entries said they expected the race to follow a general northeasterly direction and end in the province of Ontario or in Labrador. They expected to travel between 600 and 800 miles and remain the air until Wednesday." Photo #4 - Shows aerial views of Cleveland Airport just before takeoff in the Gordon-Bennett International Balloon Races today.

7.	200,000 Watch Gordon Bennett Balloon Races	1930-09-01	Balloons (Aircraft); Balloon racing;	Text from back of image: "Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races. The City of Detroit was the first to take off. Pilots flying the foreign entries said they expected the race to follow a general northeasterly direction and end in the province of Ontario or in Labrador. They expected to travel between 600 and 800 miles and remain the air until Wednesday." Photo #2 - Shows the U. S. Navy balloon entered as the city of Detroit which was the first to take off

8.	200,000 Watch Gordon Bennett Balloon Races	1930-09-01	Balloons (Aircraft); Balloon racing;	Text from back of image: "Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races. The City of Detroit was the first to take off. Pilots flying the foreign entries said they expected the race to follow a general northeasterly direction and end in the province of Ontario or in Labrador. They expected to travel between 600 and 800 miles and remain the air until Wednesday." Photo #5 - Shows aerial views of Cleveland Airport just before takeoff in the Gordon-Bennett International Balloon Races today.

9.	3 U.S. Globe Fliers Cross Pacific Ocean 878-Mile Flight	1924-05-17	Air pilots; Airplanes; Transcontinental flights;	Text from back of image: 'Fighting through chill arctic winds and snow storms, the three U.S. army round the world fliers, under command of Lieut. Lowell Smith, above, negotiated the 878-mile flight from Attu Island to Paramashiru Island, thereby gaining for their country and themselves the distinction of being the first to cross the Pacific Ocean by air. This latest and exclusive photo taken at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, recently shows Lieut. Lowell Smith looking over the motor of his plane.'

10.	70 Year Old Girl Scout Takes First Trip Over NY in Plane		Women; Airplanes; Air pilots;	Text from back of image: "Photo - Mrs. Julliette Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of America takes flight over NYC in a plane for first time. Photo - Lawrence Driggs, pres. of the Flying Club of America, pointing out the route of the trip to Mrs. Low."

11.	9 Ton Plane Catapulted Into Air	1931-05-27	Airplanes; Inventions;	Text from back of image: "Successful tests were conducted recently at the Farborough Experimental Station, Hampshire, England, with a new land catapult, the only device of its kind in the world. A giant bombing plane, weighing nine tons was catapulted into the air at a speed of 60 miles an hour from the new device. Squadron leader Caster and flight Lieutenant Ryde were the occupants of the plane. This photo shows the plane in the air immediately after leaving the catapult."

12.	A Balloon Prospect from Above the Clouds		Balloons (Aircraft);	Illustration from Airopaidia: Containing the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion published in 1786 by Thomas Baldwin; "A Balloon Prospect from Above the Clouds"

13.	A Collosal Guide to Air Liners!		Water towers;	Text from back of image: "This collosal water tower at Nassau, Bahamas, 210 feet above sea level and topped by a revolving light serves as a guide to the air liners of the Pan-American services. From its top, reached by elevator, a view for 30 miles around can be obtained."

14.	A day at Pensacola Air Station	1936-08-02	Air pilots; Students;	Text on back 'A day at Pensacola Air Station. In August, 35 aviation cadets of the Naval Reserve will join the U.S. fleet and take their place with naval aviators of the regular service in the aircraft squadrons. New corps of the Navy to complete their training at the Pensacola, Fla., Naval Air Station and be ordered to duty afloat. This photo shows cadets receiving instruction in the sending and receiving of radio messages.'

15.	A Flying Telephone Booth!	1929-05-06	Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Photo shows the Fairchild cabin monoplane, from which engineers of the Bell Laboratories, recently conducted successful tests of a new means of plane ground telephone inter-communication. Newspapermen aloft in the ship talked by means of radio to an ordinary telephone central exchange and thence over the usual land lines to their offices. Projecting upright from the fuselage is the radio antenna."

16.	A Japanese Screen of a Smoky Pattern		Airplanes; Smoke;	Text from back of image: "A very spectacular scene was staged during the great air pageant, at Yoyogi Fields, in Japan, when over a hundred airplanes staged a 'smoke battle' up among the clouds. This photo shows two of the planes making a smoke screen at the event."

17.	A Modern Airplane Field in India	1931-03-27	Airport terminals; Airline industry;	Text from back of image: "A view of the modern airship shed, at Karachi, India which is to be used in the airship service between England and India. This was made as the port was officially completed by the insertion of the final bolt, in the structure. It is in this town that the all-India congress is being held."

18.	A Modern Sailor on the Job		Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "High above the clouds over Anacostia, DC this Navy flier is preparing for the Pulitzer Air Derby in Detroit next month."

19.	A New Motor for Lieutenant Wade's Roud-the-World Plane at Dutch Harbor		Airplane engines; Airplanes; Transcontinental flights;	Text from back of image: 'While the three United States round-the-world planes which reached Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, waited vainly for Major Martin, flight commander to catch up with them, a new motor was installed in Lieutenant Wade's plane. (Photo shows Lieutenant Wade (left) and Sergeant Ogden, his mechanic installing the new motor.)'

20.	A Raid in 'Outbreak of England's Greatest 'Air War'	1938-08-11	airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Essex, England - a plane making a low-flying attack on a sand-bagged machine gun emplacement of the westland forces 'somewhere in Essex' as England's greatest aerial maneuvers get under way. With 900 Royal Air Force planes from 32 stations taking part, the area of operation extends from the Thames Estuary to the mouth of the Humber. Young spectators sit in the grass, watching the ' attack'."

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